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Sanofi's second medical use patent revoked by UPC in win for generics

By Inbar Preiss ( December 16, 2025, 16:57 GMT | Insight) -- French company Sanofi has lost its claim for a patent for a new therapeutic use for its established cancer drug to three generic pharmaceutical companies, Stada, Dr. Reddy’s and Zentiva. The ruling suggests the Unified Patent Court may take a stricter approach than the European Patent Office to second medical-use patents.French company Sanofi has lost its patent for a new therapeutic use for its established cancer drug to three generic pharmaceutical companies, Stada, Dr. Reddy’s and Zentiva, the Unified Patent Court ruled in a judgment published on Tuesday....

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